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Liverpool was a chapelry in the parish of Walton until 1698, when it was constituted a distinct parish.  
Liverpool was a chapelry in the parish of Walton until 1698, when it was constituted a distinct parish.  


[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=2121510&word=NULL Liverpool] is one of the largest township (population-wise) centres in the whole of England. It's comprised of a parish and ''numerous ''chapelries. During the height of the Industrial Revolution, numerous additional smaller churches called chapels of ease or district churches were created to handle the burgeoning populations. These chapelries kept church registers many of which are ancient in origin.  
[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=2121510&word=NULL Liverpool] is one of the largest township (population-wise) centres in the whole of England. It's comprised of a parish and ''numerous ''chapelries. During the height of the Industrial Revolution, numerous additional smaller churches called chapels of ease (districts within a parish assigned to a chapel) which were created to handle the burgeoning populations. These chapelries kept church registers many of which are ancient in origin.  


Below is a comprehensive list of all the chapelries associated with the civil parish of St Nicholas Liverpool as of 1851. By far the vast majority of the probate records and church registers (of which many are now transcribed and [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html online]) for Liverpool are available at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. These are also microfilmed and available at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=349498&subject_disp=England%2C+Lancashire%2C+Liverpool+%2D+Church+records&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 The Family History Library] and its 4,600 satellite Family History Centers worldwide. (To go this page to see the [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes I through L]] for Liverpool.   
Below is a comprehensive list of all the chapelries associated with the civil parish of St Nicholas Liverpool as of 1851. By far the vast majority of the probate records and church registers (of which many are now transcribed and [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html online]) for Liverpool are available at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. These are also microfilmed and available at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=349498&subject_disp=England%2C+Lancashire%2C+Liverpool+%2D+Church+records&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 The Family History Library] and its 4,600 satellite Family History Centers worldwide. (To look for a will, see the [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes I through L]] for Liverpool.)   


Recognizing that <u>''all''</u> authoritative treatises on Lancashire civil parishes differ--some much more than others--in their data regarding <u>''all''</u>&nbsp;Liverpool [ecclesiastical] districts and townships with&nbsp;chapelries, of necessity <u>several</u> key reference publications and resources have been used here to compile a more comprehensive list of Liverpool parishes and all its associated chapelries''':'''  
Recognizing that <u>''all''</u> authoritative treatises on Lancashire civil parishes differ--some much more than others--in their data regarding <u>''all''</u>&nbsp;Liverpool [ecclesiastical] districts and townships with&nbsp;chapelries, of necessity <u>several</u> key reference publications and resources have been used here to compile a more comprehensive list of Liverpool parishes and all its associated chapelries''':'''  
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